Improved harness-fad



HENRY o. SWIFT, OE EOND DU LAO, ASSIGNOR To HIMSELE AND GEORGE W. GRAVES, OE OSHKOSH, AND SAID SWIFT ASSIGNOR TO GEORGE CAMERON, OE OSHKOSH,

WISOO NSIN.

Laim Patent No. 87.078,'datec Femm; 16, .1869.

IMPROVED HARNESS-PAD.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the came.

.To all whom t ma/y conce/rn:

Re it knownthat I, HENRY O. SWIFT, of the city of Fond du Lac, in the county of Fond du Lac, and

State of Wisconsin, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Harness-Pads; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact de'- scription of the construction and Operation of the same,

reference being had to th e'accompanyingdrawings, making a part of this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in theuse of a double-hanged and a flexible metallic pad-plate, and

the adaptation thereto and combination therewith of' the usual accessories, and thereby greatly simplify and reduce the cost of construction, andA at the same time preserve beauty in finish, and enhance the durability, by reason of the absence of the usual stitching, and its exposure to th`e weather, absence of the usual shrinkage, and the utilizing of the hook, terrets, and padscrews, as a means of fastening and binding the sev-v eral' parts together, as a complete whole, in such a manner that the same may be not only simplified in construction, but likewise easily taken apart, and readily repaired, as occasion may require.

Figure l is a perspective view. Figure 2 is a longitudinal section, showing the me- -tallic flanged pad-plate A, and flexible m'etallic padplate B.

Figurel is a vertical section of A and B. Figure 4 is lan enlarged vertical section, cutting through one of the pad-screws S.

Figure-5 is a top view of the pad-plate A.

Figure 6 is a top view of the lexible pad-plate B, flattened out.

A is a harness-tree, or pad-plate, constructed of metal, with a ange on each edge, projecting above and below Atile plate, provided with openings to receive the usual hook, terrets, and pad-screws.

The flanges may be plated, japanned, or covered with athin leather binding, 0,'secured as seen in iig. 4.

The top recess between flanges, is of vproper depth to receive a filling, a', of patent leather, or other ma t-erial,.fitted to the width and depth of opening; or the binding of flanges and filling. with the upper portion of the, ange, maybe dispensed with, and the plate and ange japanned or plated.

B is a flexible metallic plate, somewhat narrower in width than the opening vbetween the flanges of the plate A; is likewise provided with openings, to receive thel hook, terrets, and pad-screws, and with nuts .on the under side, either Stationary or movable ,and is also perforated with thread-holes, whereby the cushion, C,

may be basted thereto. This plate is constructed of sheet-metal, and made flexible, that it may be Hat-- tened for greater convenience and economy in con struction. y

The cushion being basted to the plate, the leather covering C', fig. 4, is crimped or drawn over the whole, and looped or basted together on the back ofthe i'lex` ible plate. Thus constructed, the plate, with the cushion covered, is ready to beinserted. in and attached to the auged plate A, the hook, terrets, and pad-screws are inserted in their proper place, and the whole screwed firmly together, as seen in fig. 1.. V

Thus' the two plates A and B, the binding of the anges O, the facing a, on the top of the anged plate A, the cushion C, andthe covering C', are firmly bound and held together, as seen in 'gji, obviating any ne- 

